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Data usage for streaming

  • 19-05-2012 8:56am
    #1
    maracas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I need a question answered my granny is sick in hosiptal and is a huge sports fan.

    She wants to watch the match tonight and was thining of streaming it to my ipad.I have a wirleless dongle that has 15 gb a month download usage.
    WOuld that be enogh to watch the two match tonight with.


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  • #2
    ProudRossie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭ProudRossie


    maracas wrote: »
    Hi,

    I need a question answered my granny is sick in hosiptal and is a huge sports fan.

    She wants to watch the match tonight and was thining of streaming it to my ipad.I have a wirleless dongle that has 15 gb a month download usage.
    WOuld that be enogh to watch the two match tonight with.

    I'm with 3 and have the same 15gb usage and could watch up to 10 matches a month and havent yet exceeded my allowance, just stream it, dont go downlaoding anything


  • #3
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Streaming will use up considerable bandwidth especially HD streams. A common misconception is streaming is different to downloading and doesn't use up any allowance, which is not correct. You should still be safe with a 15Gig limit, for a 90+ minute match a HD stream would probably use at max just over a gig, and a SD stream considerable less, this is an estimation, I have no idea how much it would use but you should be ok with that allowance

    Nick

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  • #4
    _AVALANCHE_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,620 ✭✭✭_AVALANCHE_


    yoyo wrote: »
    Streaming will use up considerable bandwidth especially HD streams. A common misconception is streaming is different to downloading and doesn't use up any allowance, which is not correct. You should still be safe with a 15Gig limit, for a 90+ minute match a HD stream would probably use at max just over a gig, and a SD stream considerable less, this is an estimation, I have no idea how much it would use but you should be ok with that allowance

    Nick
    90mins @ 480p = 740MB
    """""""" @ 720p = 2GB (bit under)
    """""""" @ 1080p = 3.8GB

    Using Youtube vids.


  • #5
    ThePandaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭ThePandaboy


    _AVALANCHE_ wrote: »
    90mins @ 480p = 740MB
    """""""" @ 720p = 2GB (bit under)
    """""""" @ 1080p = 3.8GB

    Using Youtube vids.

    And even at this streaming on certain sites ok skyplayer seems to be the worse for this it could use up 5gb on a match and thats not in HD


  • #6
    _AVALANCHE_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,620 ✭✭✭_AVALANCHE_


    ThePandaboy wrote: »
    And even at this streaming on certain sites ok skyplayer seems to be the worse for this it could use up 5gb on a match and thats not in HD
    Yea, some use weird compression, if using a vid site for first time I'd watch 2 mins and check usage to be sure.

    RTE Player do a good job with theirs, I think it's 360p, looks much better, hour only uses 150MB.

    The joys of having a crap allowance.:rolleyes:


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